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Exodus 30 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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The Altar of Incense

(Exo 37:25–28 )
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:1 -

“Moreover, you shall make an altar as a place for burning incense; you shall make it of acacia wood.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:2 - “Its length shall be a [fn]cubit, and its width a cubit; it shall be square. And its height shall be two cubits; its horns shall be [fn]of the same piece.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:3 - “You shall overlay it with pure gold, its top and its [fn]sides all around, and its horns; and you shall make a gold molding all around for it.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:4 - “You shall make two gold rings for it under its molding; you shall make them on its two side walls—on [fn]opposite sides—and [fn]they shall be holders for poles with which to carry it.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:5 - “You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:6 - “You shall put [fn]this altar in front of the veil that is [fn]near the ark of the testimony, in front of the [fn]mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with you.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:7 - “Aaron shall burn fragrant incense on it; he shall burn it every morning when he trims the lamps.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:8 - “When Aaron [fn]trims the lamps [fn]at twilight, he shall burn incense. There shall be continual incense before Yahweh throughout your generations.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:9 - “You shall not offer any strange incense on [fn]this altar or burnt offering or grain offering; and you shall not pour out a drink offering on it.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:10 - “Aaron shall make atonement on its horns once a year; he shall make atonement on it with the blood of the sin offering of atonement once a year throughout your generations. It is most holy to Yahweh.”

The Census and the Atonement Price

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:11 -

Yahweh also spoke to Moses, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:12 - “When you take a [fn]census of the sons of Israel [fn]to number them, then each one of them shall give a price of atonement for [fn]himself to Yahweh when you [fn]number them, so that there will be no plague among them when you [fn]number them.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:13 - “This is what everyone who [fn]is numbered shall give: half a [fn]shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty [fn]gerahs), half a shekel as a [fn]contribution to Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:14 - “Everyone who [fn]is numbered, from twenty years old and over, shall give the [fn]contribution to Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:15 - “The rich shall not pay more and the poor shall not pay less than the half shekel when you give the [fn]contribution to Yahweh to make atonement for your souls.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:16 - “And you shall take the atonement money from the sons of Israel and shall give it for the service of the tent of meeting, that it may be a remembrance for the sons of Israel before Yahweh, to make atonement for your souls.”

The Laver for the Priestly Washing

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:17 -

And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:18 - “You shall also make a laver of [fn]bronze, with its stand of bronze, for washing; and you shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:19 - “And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet from it;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:20 - when they come into the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, so that they will not die; or when they approach the altar to minister, by offering up in smoke a fire sacrifice to Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:21 - “So they shall wash their hands and their feet, so that they will not die; and it shall be a perpetual statute for them, for [fn]Aaron and his seed throughout their generations.”

The Holy Anointing Oil

(Exo 37:29 )
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:22 -

Moreover, Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:23 - “But as for you, take for yourself the finest of spices: of flowing myrrh 500 shekels, and of fragrant cinnamon half as much, 250, and of fragrant cane 250,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:24 - and of cassia 500, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a [fn]hin.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:25 - “And you shall make [fn]of these a holy anointing oil, a perfume mixture, the work of a perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:26 - “And with it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:27 - and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:28 - and the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the laver and its stand.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:29 - “You shall also set them apart as holy, that they may be most holy; whatever touches them shall be holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:30 - “And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and you shall set them apart as holy, that they may minister as priests to Me.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:31 - “And you shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘This shall be a holy anointing oil to Me throughout your generations.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:32 - ‘It shall not be poured on [fn]anyone’s body, nor shall you make any like it in [fn]the same specifications; it is holy, and it shall be holy to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:33 - ‘Whoever shall mix any like it or whoever puts any of it on a [fn]layman [fn]shall be cut off from his people.’”

The Incense

(Exo 37:29 )
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:34 -

Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Take for yourself fragrances, stacte and onycha and galbanum, fragrances with pure frankincense; there shall be an equal part of each.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:35 - “With it you shall make incense, a perfume, the work of a perfumer, salted, pure, and holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:36 - “You shall beat some of it very fine, and you shall put part of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting where I will meet with you; it shall be most holy to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:37 - “The incense which you shall make, you shall not make in [fn]the same specifications for yourselves; it shall be holy to you for Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:38 - “Whoever shall make any like it, to [fn]use as perfume, [fn]shall be cut off from his people.”
LSB Footnotes
A cubit was approx. 18 in. or 45 cm
Lit from itself
A cubit was approx. 18 in. or 45 cm
Lit from itself
A cubit was approx. 18 in. or 45 cm
Lit from itself
Lit walls
Lit walls
Lit walls
Lit its two
Lit it
Lit its two
Lit it
Lit its two
Lit it
Lit it
Or over; lit upon
Or propitiatory seat, place of atonement
Lit it
Or over; lit upon
Or propitiatory seat, place of atonement
Lit it
Or over; lit upon
Or propitiatory seat, place of atonement
Lit causes to ascend
Lit between the two evenings
Lit causes to ascend
Lit between the two evenings
Lit causes to ascend
Lit between the two evenings
Lit it
Lit it
Lit it
Lit sum
Lit for their being mustered
Lit his soul
Lit muster
Lit muster
Lit sum
Lit for their being mustered
Lit his soul
Lit muster
Lit muster
Lit sum
Lit for their being mustered
Lit his soul
Lit muster
Lit muster
Lit passes over to those who are mustered
A shekel was approx. 0.4 oz. or 11 gm
Approx. 0.5 oz. or 14 gm, a gerah was approx. 0.025 oz. or 0.7 gm
Lit heave offering
Lit passes over to those who are mustered
A shekel was approx. 0.4 oz. or 11 gm
Approx. 0.5 oz. or 14 gm, a gerah was approx. 0.025 oz. or 0.7 gm
Lit heave offering
Lit passes over to those who are mustered
A shekel was approx. 0.4 oz. or 11 gm
Approx. 0.5 oz. or 14 gm, a gerah was approx. 0.025 oz. or 0.7 gm
Lit heave offering
See v 13, note 1
Lit heave offering of Yahweh
See v 13, note 1
Lit heave offering of Yahweh
See v 13, note 1
Lit heave offering of Yahweh
Lit heave offering of Yahweh
Lit heave offering of Yahweh
Lit heave offering of Yahweh
Or copper
Or copper
Or copper
Lit him
Lit him
Lit him
A hin was approx. 1 gal. or 3.8 l
A hin was approx. 1 gal. or 3.8 l
A hin was approx. 1 gal. or 3.8 l
Lit it
Lit it
Lit it
Lit the flesh of man
Lit its proportion
Lit the flesh of man
Lit its proportion
Lit the flesh of man
Lit its proportion
Lit stranger
Lit even he shall
Lit stranger
Lit even he shall
Lit stranger
Lit even he shall
Lit its proportion
Lit its proportion
Lit its proportion
Lit smell of it
Lit even he shall
Lit smell of it
Lit even he shall
Lit smell of it
Lit even he shall
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